sam: the councilmember that wrote the law. >> so say we are not going to enforce it is the worst message. bad effect and bad meth. sam: the mayor's reaction today -- >> she recognized we had a blizzard and it wouldn't do any of us any good to ticket senior citizens. sam: another councilmember complained when he is jogging -- >> four or five places never shoveled the walk. houses. /can't get through there and i have to go back to the street. sam: she also faced criticism for recalling all the tickets given. even at the d.m.v. -- >> i just notice she has a quick way of assess things. to me it seems like people-pleasing. sam: the mayor had a answer for a lot of the criticism. >> i don't think we are going to have a blizzard for another 94 years. sam: while residential tickets

is not enforced the mayor is enforcing the commercial tickets. and the establishments that don't have the walks shoveled face $150 fine. reporting live, sam ford, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, sam. while life is getting back to normal in the district, this is a different story in loudoun county. we spoke with people in ashburn who say they have yet to see a plow. on glen castle court residents got together to dig out one lane of the entrance to the neighborhood. mail and trash service has not been restored. vdot says anyone whose street is unplowed give them a call. leon: some northeast washington residents say the grass isn't greener on the plow side of the fence. this is a constant scene for days there. take tosh r.f.k. stadium to be melted. people living there say that

is the problem. they are rolling 24 hours a day. when they are not rolling they are idling and adding the noxious fumes to the hull of engines and backing up. department of public works say it should calm down in the coming days. maureen: after a week of the heavy duty digging out from the snow we are going to get a boost from mother nature. >> you will feel the warmup next week. mostly clear outside the belfort furniture weather center in rosslyn. temperatures are low to mid-30's. 30 in hagerstown. the puddles will refreeze. we have gusty winds. last check of reagan national had a gust of 32 miles per hour. 35 at manassas. 25 mile gust in annapolis. still producing winds gusts in the teens and the lower 20's. winds dying down tonight. the temperatures will feel

like monitoring. that means the teens and 20's in the morning. wake up to 17 degrees in ashburn. 15 in manassas. 26 in dale city. 25 in brentwood. 20 degrees in aspen hill. 22 in waldorf. the forecast tomorrow, sunshine in the morning. afternoon cloudiness. highs to 46. warmer on sunday. early next week warmer than that. we have updated seven-day outlook coming up in a few minutes, maureen. maureen: doug, it is still possible schools could have delayed openings next monday. you can be the first to know by signing up to get text alert from the school district. go to wjla.com/text. leon: virginia state police say it's the factor of an accident that left three seriously injured. happened i-66 in centreville this afternoon. a vdot worker and a stranded driver where a pickup truck went off the road and hit the stranded car that pushed in the two men. pickup driver charged with

reckless driving. all three drivers are expected to recover. maureen: the state department will not release 22 of hillary clinton's e-mails because they contain top secret information. department spokesman says the e-mails were not classified at the time they were sent. but were later upgraded as a request of the intelligence community. spokesman for former secretary of state clinton said that the designation is case of overclassification run amok. leon: virginia governor terry mcauliffe is calling it historic compromise on the gun laws in virginia. the parents of a journalist shot to death on live television say it puts others at risk. jeff goldberg is in richmond with the story. jeff: during a packed house press conference standing shoulder to shoulder with the republicans leaders, virginia governor terry mcauliffe unequically calling it a win for gun control advocates. >> what we announce today will make vassens safer. jeff: many advocates say the governor is wrong.

>> we were so disappointment. jeff: the agreement reached with the g.o.p. leaders reverses attorney general ruling last month to end reciprocity for the concealed carry permit for gun owners in 25 states with the standards considered weaker than virginia's. the new deal requires state police to attend gun show to conduct background check for private sellers who choose to screen buyers. the state will be able to take guns away from people with permanent protective orders for domestic violence crimes. family members of gun violence wrote a letter to the governor arguing the new plan supported by n.r.a. is weaker than the action on reciprocity. >> i urge you to reconsider the plan. so that you can continue to deserve the reputation as gun sense champion. >> i have to balance interests constantly. you have to compromise constantly. you do it in business, you do it in politic, you do it in life. >> i don't see this as a

stumbling point at all. >> josh owns the gun shop in falls church where the background checks are standard and supports state police to do checks for private sellers. >> it ensures the people that they are selling to aren't prohibited from owning firearm. jeff: this still needs approval from the general assembly before it's law. but the supporters and the opponents of the deal believe it will move forward. in richmond, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: the deal with the governor delayed plan to end virginia's concealed carry permit res -- reciprocity. breaking news from northeast washington now. three people are hurt after a crash involving a car and an ambulance near the corner of j and 17th street northeast. the ambulance was rush the hospital to the accident. the firefighter and person in car were taken to the hospital. none of the injuries are believed to be life threatening.

maureen? maureen: the man accused of hacking computers to help isis was in federal court in alexandria today. 22-year-old ardit ferizi a native of kosovo was arrested in malaysia last year. prosecutors say ferizi hacked personal information on hundreds of u.s. service members from the d.c. area. then gave that information to isis in order to target service members. he faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted. the u.s. is getting a boost in the war on terror. the dutch government has approved plans to join u.s.-led airstrikes against isis targets in syria. the announcement comes as the peace talks begin in geneva aimed to end syria five-year civil war. leon: still ahead at 6:00, the moment a dog pulled from a frozen lake reunited with the rescuers. maureen: a water main turns a busy roadway in a river. what went wrong and what it took to get the roads back

open. leon: plus, a life-saving tribute for an officer killed in the line of duty. the message the father of the officer of noah leotta has for maryland

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he was sentenced to probation at aim 16 for causing a drunk driving accident killed four people. today a judge ruled couch will remain at a juvenile detention center pending a hearing on whether his case should be transferred to adult court. leon: police officer killed in the line of duty is being remembered for the life-saving measures. montgomery county police and red cross teamed up for a blood drive in honor of officer noah leotta who was killed last month by a suspected drunk driving while conducting a d.u.i. trackdown operation. officer leotta's mother, sister and father were there. and they say the maryland drunk driving laws immediate to be stronger. >> they are out there every day playing russian roulette with all of our lives. we need to think about that. it can happen to anybody's family. leon: the leottas say any measure that stops someone from driving drunk honors their son's memory. the red cross collected 67 penalties of blood at the

event -- points of blood at the event. maureen: there is a new clear clue -- new clue in the search for burglar. surveillance camera captures a picture of two suspects using a credit card stolen from one of the homes. the cases date back to mid-december. each burglary someone smashed out a door or a window of a townhome at night. while no one was home. leon: up next at 6:00 -- a burst water main floods a busy roadway. what went wrong there? what it took to fix it ahead. maureen: doug hill is back with when we see temperatures in the 50's and even the 60's in the seven-day storm watch forecast. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports do the terps get more respect after the win over iowa last night? we hear from the coach. panther plans don't play. check the video. that's next.

leon: a st. bernard struggling through the ice. we learned his name is milo. today milo and his family got the meet heroes. the families were grateful to the firefighters that saved the beloved pet. maureen: stay off the ice, milo. >> they are going a final mop-up here. they had a gusher. this is a 2-inch valve. 24 inch pipe.

with all the snow nay had a hard time finding the valve they needed to. a sip ple repair. we are told 50 houses were affected when the water was turned off. the road reopened in the early afternoon. the final repairs are put down on monday. leon: how about freezing cold water? would you jump into it for a good cause?

it continues tomorrow when the general public take part. doug: i have done it once. and only once. many years ago. i was younger. start with the forecast for the sandy point state park. that is where they will do it tomorrow in annapolis. take a look at the forecast. partly cloudy and chilly. we have three times as we understand it, three separate plunges to work out well. the temperatures will climb at the time. winds are lighter than today. no change in the bay temperature. it's like 35 degrees or something. really really cold. for a good cause. get in, get out, get warm and get in with the rest of the

weekend. we are above average to end the month of january. we are below freezing in hagerstown at freezing. 34 in manassas. 34 in packed river. 36 in midshore in the east end. this wind stream map shows the winds continuing from the northwest strongly enough to produce the wind chills in the low to mid-20's. even wind chill of 17 degrees in hagerstown. a couple of clouds and generally clear. the air temperatures with 15 to 25 by the morning. wind chills are a bit of a meture. the big story overnight and the morning are icy spots again.

warmer temperatures are headed here for the weekend. we have a few understand afternoon clouds and 46. 55 on sunday. 59 on monday chance of showers. grounddog day will be partly cloudy. high of 64 on wednesday ahead of a strong cold front. we will turn cooler and breezier for thursday and friday. colder still by the time next weekend rolls around. have a great weekend. back to you. leon: all right.

maureen: thank you. leon: i have to see the picture again. robert: you will see it. it's like woodstock. that is what they tell me. i don't know what woodstock is. maureen: we'll tell you about it later. leon: a little bit before your time. robert: a little bit. panthers fans have a rally today. big win for terps last night. are they legit now? sports next.

announcer: now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer. robert: all right. we're still waiting on super bowl 50. panthers-bronco, we will all gather for super bowl parties. some panther fans didn't wait until sunday. they had a rally in charlotte. they didn't mess around. a thousand were in attendance. the mascot and the players were there. coach ron rivera gave a nice speech.

bronco fans, what are you guys doing? well, they have bigger problems. take a look at this. someone at levi stadium likes the broncos. look at the upper left-hand corner of the screen. i painted the bronco -- it went away. they painted the bronco logo at both ends of the field on accident. you can't do that for the super bowl. no, you can't. oops. glad they caught it before it was done. that could have been bad. all right. well, the terps have gone from good to great after the win over iowa. before that, no top ten win for maryland. some say they needed the win. big performances last night by rasheed sulamain and robert carter jr. both finished with 17. does it make maryland legit after beating the third-ranked hawkeyes? >> we are in a grind session now. we have a tough schedule ahead of us. we didn't overreact. we talked about being the best team we could be in march, peaking at the right time. you could tell the guys are

ready to compete. i love that about our guys. we don't always win. we compete. robert: so i took on an 11-year-old in "horse" but it doesn't hold a capped to this. japanese soccer player took on 30 kids -- i am not exaggerating. it seems like he is playing around with the kids. went to the left wing. came back through. he would score a goal. hello. you saw you can't celebrate if you beat kids but -- leon: he earned it. robert: exactly. rams and chargers have agreed in principle to a deal to share a stadium and will stay in san diego. doug: warmer tomorrow. 50's sunday. maureen: lovely. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: join us at 11:00.

breaking news tonight. with just three days until iowa, the bombshell development involving hillary clinton. the top-secret e-mails. and trump on his closest opponent. and major developments on three fugitives considered armed and dangerous. one has been found. and word a woman inside the prison was in on it. the zika virus. tonight, how long does it stay in your system? dr. besser, with your questions answered. two storms hitting this weekend. the d